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Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:08

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

My newly built pc keeps crashing 5-10 mins during a game.

For example, CSS - can load into a server, play one round, then during the 2nd round, it crashes.

I cant alt tab out of it or CTRL ALT DELETE out of it. It has to be restarted by cutting the power to the pc.

When it crashes, it loops sound over and over.

Did a quick run of testing for artifacts in ATI Tool, for 20 mins and its all good.

I have a 7900gto with the latest drivers. Should I try some previous drivers?

Its my new and 1st one Ive built and really want to get cracking with some bf2 , stalker and CSS!

Any idea whats doing this?

furnace · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:11

Have you downloaded Memtest and checked it's not your ram?

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:17

furnace said:
Have you downloaded Memtest and checked it's not your ram?

No - ill do that now

edit : Where do I get it from?

Hamoodii · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:25

Bengaboy said:
No - ill do that now

edit : Where do I get it from?

google it, fairly easy to find

Hamoodii · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:27

Also what PSU you running?

thecremeegg · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:38

I've had this problem with 2 different PCs - both had different solutions. One was a conflict with Punkbuster running in the background and my onboard sound. The other one was caused by memory

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:49

Hamoodii said:
Also what PSU you running?

Corsair 650w

furnace · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:51

Power shouldn't be a problem then! Memtest is a google away (e.g., I can't be bothered to find it for you... lol). "Memtest86+" I think is what it's actually called. You need to burn the memtest ISO to CD, then boot from the CD.

edit; Here we go, I stopped being lazy:
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

silversurfer · 20 Jul 2008 at 17:00

Check the spd is correct. cpu-z

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 17:37

Right I ran memtest and 24% of the way through, I have 2262 ish errors... I assume the ram is nackered?

Would I be able to send it back to whom I got it from?

Gutted lol - one thing goes wrong after the other...I WANT TO PLAY BF2!!

silversurfer · 20 Jul 2008 at 17:47

Most likely the ram is fine, just setup wrong. Try testing individual sticks first

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 17:50

silversurfer said:
Most likely the ram is fine, just setup wrong. Try testing individual sticks first

Ok, how do I set it up right mate?

Shall I open the case, rip one of the sticks out and run memtest?

helmutcheese · 20 Jul 2008 at 18:04

Minstadave · 20 Jul 2008 at 18:22

Could be the GTO, they tend to have problems with overheating VRMs.

Are you running at stock speeds?

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 18:33

Minstadave said:
Could be the GTO, they tend to have problems with overheating VRMs.

Are you running at stock speeds?

Yes I am.

Right took the ram out and tested one stick, and now it wont even boot up....

THIS IS ANNOYING ME NOW!!!

Mint_Sauce · 20 Jul 2008 at 18:39

Have you set the ram voltage in the mobo settings to the correct amount?

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 18:50

Mint_Sauce said:
Have you set the ram voltage in the mobo settings to the correct amount?

Im running this...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC

What voltage should it be run at?

Thanks for the help btw guys, I really want to play on the PC!

Monkeynut · 20 Jul 2008 at 18:55

2.1 volts should be ok for that, but wait for confirmation incase I'm wrong.

Minstadave · 20 Jul 2008 at 19:02

Yeah 2.1V should be plenty.

Bengaboy · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:53

Minstadave said:
Yeah 2.1V should be plenty.

Right ... may well have clocked it. HOPE SO ANYWAY!!

My voltage on the ram was set as 2.0 v , so I put the voltage onto manual and set it to +0.1v which makes it 2.1 v.

Running memtest now, and it hasnt froze (did do all the times previous) and has got to about 33% through but has still got about 400 errors.

When the voltage was on 2.0v , in about 8% there was 2000 errors.

Why is it still giving me errors?